find is giving me fits! this command is really the heart of a backup script I am trying to get going. here's the line: if find / -mtime -1 -type f | xargs clamscan - l /var/log/clamav/clamscan-bu-daily.log $clamexcludes -r --no-summary | cut -d: -f1 > /usr/local/bin/changedfilelog; then and the clamexcludes: clamexcludes="--exclude=/sys/bus/pci/drivers --exclude=/proc -- exclude=/sys/class/scsi_host --exclude=/usr/share/doc/clamav-0.87 -- exclude=/usr/lib/mailman/tests/msgs " kk ...when it's all over...I have to have /var/log/clamav/clamscan-bu- daily.log to be w/out FOUND or ERROR words anywhere. if either of these words are in that file, the system will not back up but instead, email me. the immediate problem is...no matter what I try, the find command does not perform as I want. the file seems to load up like 280,000 files which seems like the total system etc. thx John Rose